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–updated 7.24.2013–

Founded in January of 2012, UnderratedGems’ mission is to spotlight Asian television and celebrities that don’t get as much Western recognition but deserve to be.

Though Asian Dramas only represent a small percentage of my day-to-day life, it’s still amazing how much impact it has bore on my youth. Because of living in a Western environment, it was obviously difficult to find people who share the same interests in Asian fashion, culture, television, and celebrities. But that same interest has given me a desire to learn about the international community, to become more aware of globalization. Jdramas fostered my interest in the Japanese language (okay to be fair, I only took like 2 months of classes, but I know my hiragana yo). I wrote my college supplementary essay on multilingual abilities and why cultural awareness is important in the college community. As a reporter for my school’s newspaper, I wrote on the international impact of the hallyu wave. I think it is just a natural progression that I eventually decided to make a blog discussing Asian media (though my focus is on Mainland Chinese media). Although it began as a discussion for Mainland Chinese dramas, UnderratedGems has evolved into an outlet to express my opinions on various topics of interest, not limited to Asian media entertainment.

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PSA: This is not a love story. At first, I was like pssh this show looks boring. The trailer made it look like it was 10% warfare, 10% angst, and 80% of Hu Ge pondering. That said, I am SO GLAD I ended up watching it. Actually, this is one of the few genuinely high quality […]